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Download or read book The Figurehead written by Thomas Larus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attorney Bill Montfort wins a lottery and decides to run for political office as a sacrificial lamb candidate. He rises rapidly in politics, and figures out that there is a conspiracy behind his rise.
Book Synopsis The Figurehead of the "Folly" by : Augusta Huiell Seaman
Download or read book The Figurehead of the "Folly" written by Augusta Huiell Seaman and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Figurehead of the "Folly"" by Augusta Huiell Seaman. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Figurehead written by Carly Holmes and published by Parthian. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut collection of stories Carly Holmes peers into every corner of the strange fiction genre: from rural gothic through to traditional ghost stories and the uncanny. Mothers turn into trees when the sun goes down; Russian Dolls mourn their missing sisters in rotting houses; men offer sacrifices to the monsters who embody their inner wildness; and murderous demons protect young girls' virginity. Ranging from flash fiction to novelette, these stories are in turn chilling, playful, and melancholy. The bonds of family and of community, both in their fracturing and their healing states, the uneasy relationship between living in the present and yearning for the past, are themes that thread their way through Figurehead. Every tale is rich with landscapes haunted by loss and longing.
Book Synopsis Figureheads of the Royal Navy by : David Pulvertaft
Download or read book Figureheads of the Royal Navy written by David Pulvertaft and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry VIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening three hundred and fifty years it is estimated that some 5000 ships of the Royal Navy carried a figurehead of some description. This book follows the development of these diverse carvings, examining how the figurehead carvers interpreted the names and the symbolism incorporated in their designs. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of sources: contemporary ship models, ship plans, designs submitted for approval of the Navy Board and, of course, from those figureheads that have survived.Lavishly illustrated with much previously unpublished material, the book explores the wide range of subjects that were represented on the bows of Their Majesties Ships and recounts many of the stories that were told about them.The narrative is complemented by a catalogue that provides a brief description of each surviving figurehead, each carvers design drawing with its source and reference number as well as those ship plans and contemporary models that show the figureheads detail. This combination makes the book useful to a wide range of historians, researchers and anyone with an interest in Britains maritime past.
Book Synopsis Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe by : Imogen Hart
Download or read book Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe written by Imogen Hart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By foregrounding the overlaps between sculpture and the decorative, this volume of essays offers a model for a more integrated form of art history writing. Through distinct case studies, from a seventeenth-century Danish altarpiece to contemporary British ceramics, it brings to centre stage makers, objects, concepts and spaces that have been marginalized by the enforcement of boundaries within art and design discourse. These essays challenge the classed, raced and gendered categories that have structured the histories and languages of art and its making. Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and practice of sculpture and the decorative arts and the methodologies of art history.
Book Synopsis Putting Your Values to Work by : Matthew R. Fairholm
Download or read book Putting Your Values to Work written by Matthew R. Fairholm and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how anyone who learns the power of vision, voice, vectors, and values in the lives of those around them can be an outstanding leader. The direct result of the author's experience in teaching leadership and conducting management training sessions for professional organizations, this book describes four fundamental ideas that explain how and why people are compelled to follow: Values, Vision, Vector, and Voice. Together, these concepts form the essence of leadership and inform the steps necessary to inspire others to follow. The accessible, easy-to-read chapters differentiate leadership from management, connect the views and choices of followers with the definition and essential tasks of leadership, and link the "Four Vs" to tried and true concepts in leadership theory while drawing contrasts to conventional management wisdom.
Download or read book Drawing on America's Past written by and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the search for a national cultural identity in the early twentieth-century United States.
Book Synopsis A Flight of Figureheads by : David Pulvertaft
Download or read book A Flight of Figureheads written by David Pulvertaft and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and illustrated story behind the warship figureheads on display at The Box, Plymouth.
Book Synopsis The Titanic in Myth and Memory by : Tim Bergfelder
Download or read book The Titanic in Myth and Memory written by Tim Bergfelder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its maiden voyage and sinking in April 1912, Titanic has become a monumental icon of the 20th century and has inspired a wealth of interpretations across literature, art and media. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the diverse representations of the connections and differences in the way generations of artists and audiences have approached and used the tragedy. In the final section is an in-depth study of James Cameron's blockbuster film "Titanic".
Book Synopsis The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book' by : Craig Williamson
Download or read book The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book' written by Craig Williamson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Exeter Book, a late tenth-century manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninety-one lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and Anglo-Saxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle. Originally published in 1977. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Download or read book MotorBoating written by and published by . This book was released on 1945-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Old Ship Figureheads Coloring Book by : John Batchelor
Download or read book Old Ship Figureheads Coloring Book written by John Batchelor and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figureheads — those magnificent carvings that once adorned the prows of early sailing vessels — are the focus of this intriguing coloring book. Twenty-seven illustrations of these splendid embellishments depict the figure of a sailor ("Jolly Jack Tar"), the warrior chief "Tecumseh," Eurydice, a Scottish soldier of the Blackwatch regiment, and many others.
Book Synopsis Heritage Dynamics by : Kalliopi Fouseki
Download or read book Heritage Dynamics written by Kalliopi Fouseki and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does heritage emerge, change, stagnate, disappear and/or revive over time? Should heritage be approached as a ‘non-renewable resource’ that needs to be sustained for eternity, or as a ‘renewable resource’ that adapts to change and transformation? Heritage Dynamics deconstructs the dynamic nature of heritage. Heritage as a socio-cultural practice goes through non-linear, continuous lifecycles, where certain factors will be the catalyst for the ending of one lifecycle and the revival for another. Kalliopi Fouseki develops a theoretical and methodological framework of ‘heritage dynamics’, which is used as the analytical thread of six heritage contexts: heritage-led transformation in historic urban places; decision-making on energy efficiency and heritage conservation in ‘everyday heritage’ residential buildings; lifecycles of heritage collections; exhibition dynamics and the impact of participation with emphasis of ‘difficult heritage’; dynamics of dissonance on contested museums and the dynamics of ‘intangible heritage’ with emphasis on flamenco. The book offers a new theoretical and methodological framework that will enable heritage scholars and practitioners to unpack the ways and conditions under which heritage changes. The new theoretical framework will re-orientate current thinking of heritage as a thing, a process or discourse towards a new, more systemic thinking that captures the complexity of heritage. Methodologically, Heritage Dynamics introduces the potential of systemic methods, such as system dynamics, in capturing the dynamic nature of heritage. The new theory and method not only opens up new avenues for theoretical explorations, but also offers a significant tool for heritage managers and policymakers.
Book Synopsis Captain Henry Jackson of HMS Defiance at Weade, Saltash 1896 by : John Hooper
Download or read book Captain Henry Jackson of HMS Defiance at Weade, Saltash 1896 written by John Hooper and published by Captain Henry Jackson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MotorBoating written by and published by . This book was released on 1963-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ship of the Line by : Brian Lavery
Download or read book The Ship of the Line written by Brian Lavery and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. ?The Ship of the Line is the second of a new series that takes selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types in this case, the evolution of the ship of the line, the capital ship of its day, and the epitome of British seapower during its heyday from 16501850. This period too coincided with the golden age of ship modelling.?Each volume depicts a wide range of models, all shown in full colour, including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, and the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing a unique form of technical history.?The series is of particular interest to ship modellers, but all those with an enthusiasm for the ship design and development in the sailing era will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.
Download or read book Queer Looks written by Martha Gever and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queer Looks is a collection of writing by video artists, filmmakers, and critics which explores the recent explosion of lesbian and gay independent media culture. A compelling compilation of artists' statements and critical theory, producer interviews and image-text works, this anthology demonstrates the vitality of queer artists under attack and fighting back. Each maker and writer deploys a surprising array of techniques and tactics, negotiating the difficult terrain between street pragmatism and theoretical inquiry, finding voices rich in chutzpah and subtlety. From guerilla Super-8 in Manila to AIDS video activism in New York, Queer Looks zooms in on this very queer place in media culture, revealing a wealth of strategies, a plurality of aesthetics, and an artillary of resistances.
